Gregory's ServerOne of my favorite YouTube videos from 2009 about the internet, technology and media, predicted that smart phones would be the primary device in 2020.
Should I post the full video?
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 I still can't understand how something that's so frustrating to type on can be someone's primary device ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  @dansup Link, please! There is a book - series, actually, fiction - that started in I think the late 80’s, I read it in the 90’s, and it NAILED the rise of personal-pocket-communication AND the resulting social media hellscape we now have. A couple years before TB-L figured out a hyperlink. I find reviewing these prescient things fascinating, if a little depressing. @dansup Oh, those days of innocence! Quite a trip. The crack about “when was the last time you read a newspaper in the bathroom” reminded me of a very early viral tweet ca. 2009-ish … “The iPhone has totally changed the way I poop."  @dansup this is certainly true in developing countries, mobiles being the primary device people use to get online.  @dansup it happened sooner than 2020 too! * depending on how wide your view is (includes Africa / Asia, include youth or not) |
@dansup sure! I'm a bit sad about how many of those devices have keyboards and we have practically none today